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1353926

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Listed Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the (a) properties classified as heritage assets by his Department, (b) most recent estimate of the value of those properties and (c) annual income derived from those properties.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	45034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The MoJ is advised on the management of designated heritage assets in its portfolio by Historic England’s Government Historic Estate Unit.</p><p> </p><p>Further details can be found here:</p><p>https://historicengland.org.uk/services-skills/our-planning-services/advice-for-government-historic-estates/</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ does not collect or collate data on the property value.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/09/2021 15:34:48 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1353302

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time taken to grant probate; and what plans he has to improve that service.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	44159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The most recently published information regarding combined waiting times for a grant of probate, on paper and digital cases, covers January 2021 to March 2021 and is published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly (Table 25):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2021</a></p><p>Despite the unprecedented challenges faced by the probate service during the Covid 19 pandemic, and as a result of HMCTS increasing resources to meet demand, the average length of time taken for a grant of probate following receipt of the documents required has been maintained at between four to six weeks.</p><p>HMCTS continues to invest in the improvement of the online Probate system which was developed as part of the wider HMCTS Reform Programme to further streamline ways of working resulting in a system that is simpler and easy to understand for applicants; is accessible; and more efficient and robust to run.</p><p>Further information regarding how HMCTS is collaborating with service users to enhance the service can be found at <a href="https://insidehmcts.blog.gov.uk/2021/08/06/collaborating-is-key-to-enhancing-probate-users-experience-of-using-myhmcts/" target="_blank">https://insidehmcts.blog.gov.uk/2021/08/06/collaborating-is-key-to-enhancing-probate-users-experience-of-using-myhmcts/</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/09/2021 16:00:23 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1353325

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people prosecuted for TV licence evasion in each year since 2015 were women.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	44372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions for TV licence evasion in England and Wales, up to December 2020, available in the ‘Outcomes by Offence’ data tool, which can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>For prosecutions of women for this offence, follow the steps below.</p><ul><li>Select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter</li><li>To view male and female prosecutions, click anywhere in the table to bring up the pivot table field list and drag ‘sex’ into the rows field.</li><li>The number of males prosecuted will be found on Row 24 and the number of females prosecuted will be found on Row 25.</li></ul> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/09/2021 16:13:46 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1353370

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Asylum: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of asylum cases from applicants from Afghanistan (a) in progress and (b) awaiting trial in the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum).
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	44172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The information that would allow this question to be answered accurately is not held centrally. HMCTS is working to clear the outstanding caseload caused by the pandemic and will ensure that there is capacity to manage any additional appeals that may flow from the state of affairs in Afghanistan.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/09/2021 13:58:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1353371

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many domestic abuse survivors have had an application for legal aid denied in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	44173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Legal aid is available to obtain an injunction to protect survivors of domestic violence. This is not subject to any upper means limit; applicants cannot be found financially ineligible for this form of support.</p><p> </p><p>Save for the above, whether someone is a survivor of domestic violence is not recorded for types of legal aid for other categories of law, eligibility for which would be subject to the applicable means and merits tests.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/09/2021 16:01:25 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1353375

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which courts that have been closed since 2010 have yet to be sold; and what the cost to the Government has been of each of those court premises since they were closed.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	44176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The table below provides a list of former court buildings which are closed and unsold. Three of these buildings are currently being used as Nightingale courts as a temporary measure as we recover from the impacts of COVID-19.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Court</p></td><td><p>Notes</p></td><td><p>Holding Costs since closure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chichester Magistrates’ Court and Combined Court</p></td><td><p>Operating as a temporary Nightingale court since 6 April 2021.</p></td><td><p>£556,242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chorley Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£275,984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£91,784</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fleetwood Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>Operating as a temporary Nightingale court since 24 August 2020.</p></td><td><p>£123,041</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harlow Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£153,362</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>We expect these costs to reduce by c.£200,000 due to a service charge rebate.</p></td><td><p>£476,193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidenhead Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£391,241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scunthorpe Magistrates and County Court</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£432,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford County Court</p></td><td><p>Operating as a temporary Nightingale court since 17 July 2020.</p></td><td><p>£252,115</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Holding costs include utilities, rates, maintenance and security, and with the exception of the Nightingale courts, are from the closure of the court until 31<sup>st</sup> August 2021. For the Nightingale courts, holding costs are calculated until their date of temporary reopening.</p><p> </p><p>We assessed all unsold former court buildings as potential Nightingale courts, but due to condition issues and operational limitations, only the three buildings noted were suitable.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to close any court is not taken lightly. It only happens following full public consultation and only when effective access to justice can be maintained. Courts that have closed were either underused, dilapidated or too close to another court.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/09/2021 13:59:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1353376

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest waiting time was between (a) an application for an employment tribunal and (b) the date of the first hearing in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	44177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Period </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>The maximum time (weeks) from receipt to first hearing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Single Claims <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Multiple Claims <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st April 2020 - 31st March 2021</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>743</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st April 2019 - 31st March 2020</p></td><td><p>528</p></td><td><p>629</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st April 2018 - 31st March 2019</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st April 2017 - 31st March 2018</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>682</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st April 2016 - 31st March 2017</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>704</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st April 2015 - 31st March 2016</p></td><td><p>1063</p></td><td><p>530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st April 2014- 31st March 2015</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p>426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st April 2013 - 31st March 2014</p></td><td><p>953</p></td><td><p>390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st April 2012 - 31st March 2013</p></td><td><p>281</p></td><td><p>573</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st April 2011 - 31st March 2012</p></td><td><p>869</p></td><td><p>865</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures in the table are high but could be attributed to a handful of cases which have been incorrectly recorded. We are unable to do a manual check as files are only retained for twelve months.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>NOTES relating to the above data</strong>.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><sup>1</sup> Single claims are made by a sole employee/worker, relating to alleged breaches of employment rights.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" rowspan="2"><p><sup>2</sup> Multiple claims are where two or more people bring proceedings arising out of the same facts, usually against a common employer. In this instance the lead multiple claim would be listed for hearing. This table provides the maximum listing time for both single and lead multiple claim cases.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Data is taken from a live management information system and can change over time. Data provided is management information and therefore not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="13"><p>The data provided is the most recent available and for that reason might differ from any previously published information.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="14"><p>Data has not been cross referenced with case files.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="13"><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and is the best data that is available.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/09/2021 16:12:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1353385

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of confiscation of the legal high known as spice there were in prisons in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	44184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2020-to-march-2021" target="_blank">HMPPS Annual Digest</a> for the relevant years, where available, contains information in relation to the number of drug finds on the prison estate. The digest contains all available data on drug type and class.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes seriously the conveyance of drugs into prisons, including psychoactive substances. In April 2021 we published a National Prisons Drugs Strategy to reduce drug misuse in our prisons, in order to increase safety for both staff and prisoners, and contribute towards ensuring that prisons are places of opportunity and change for prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2016, HMPPS became the first prison service in the world to introduce innovative mandatory drug tests for psychoactive substances. We have made it a criminal offence to possess psychoactive substances in prison and trained more than 300 sniffer dogs specifically to detect these drugs.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2019, the Government committed to invest £100 million in prison security in an ambitious new Security Investment Programme. One of the aims of the Programme was to reduce the quantity of drugs entering the prison estate.</p><p> </p><p>Since then, we have installed 73 X-ray body scanners across the prison estate and to date have had over 9000 positive indications. The roll out of Enhanced Gate Security (EGS), replicating the tough measures used in airport screening, has resulted in hundreds of illicit items being prevented from entering prisons.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/09/2021 15:56:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1353389

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent with each company providing agency staff to his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	44186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The information requested for is provided in the attached Tables.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp attachment 1 file name 2021-09-10 PQ 44186 Table 1 Spend By Agency.xlsx title Table 1 2 file name 2021-09-10 PQ 44186 Table 2 Spend By Agency.xlsx title Table 2 question first answered 10/09/2021 13:57:06 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1353427

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Onley Prison: Firearms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September to Question 36597 on Onley Prison: Firearms, whether the firearm discovered was functional.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	44270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The firearm was found to be a starting pistol, however it is unclear whether it could be modified to achieve functionality. As stated in the answer of 6 September, no ammunition was found with the firearm.</p><p> </p><p>It has not yet been discovered how the pistol was conveyed into the prison. In the immediate aftermath of the intelligence-led discovery of the weapon, specially trained Dedicated Search Teams were used to search areas of the prison. An investigation was commissioned by the Prison Group Director to establish how the pistol may have been conveyed into the prison and the Security, Order and Counter Terrorism Directorate supported the prison in assessing vulnerabilities and mitigating risks.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 44271 question first answered 10/09/2021 15:57:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown